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Estimating post-treatment recurrence after multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment among patients with and without HIV: the impact of assumptions about death and missing follow-up

Sauer SM, Mitnick CD, Khan UT, Hewison CCH, Bastard M,  et al.
2024-01-25 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2024-01-25 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Quantification of recurrence risk following successful treatment is crucial to evaluating regimens for multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant (MDR/RR) tuberculosis (TB). Howev...
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Short Report

Pregnancy and birth outcomes in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treated with regimens that include new and repurposed drugs

Lotia Farrukh I, Lachenal N, Adenov MM, Ahmed SM, Algozhin Y,  et al.
2024-01-25 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2024-01-25 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Among 43 pregnant women receiving multidrug-resistant/rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) treatment with bedaquiline and/or delamanid, 98% had favorable treatment outcomes. Of ...
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Comparative effectiveness of adding delamanid to a multidrug-resistant tuberculosis regimen comprised of three drugs likely to be effective

Rodriguez CA, Lodi S, Horsburgh CR, Mitnick CD, Bastard M,  et al.
2023-04-28 • PLOS Global Public Health
2023-04-28 • PLOS Global Public Health
Clarity about the role of delamanid in longer regimens for multidrug-resistant TB is needed after discordant Phase IIb and Phase III randomized controlled trial results. The Phase IIb tr...
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Research

Development of treatment-decision algorithms for children evaluated for pulmonary tuberculosis: an individual participant data meta-analysis

Gunasekera KS, Marcy O, Muñoz J, Lopez-Varela E, Sekadde MP,  et al.
2023-03-13 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
2023-03-13 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
BACKGROUND
Many children with pulmonary tuberculosis remain undiagnosed and untreated with related high morbidity and mortality. Recent advances in childhood tuberculosis algorithm d...
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Research

Concordance of three approaches for operationalizing outcome definitions for multidrug-resistant TB

Zeng C, Mitnick CD, Hewison CCH, Bastard M, Khan PY,  et al.
2023-01-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2023-01-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND
The WHO provides standardized outcome definitions for rifampicin-resistant (RR) and multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB. However, operationalizing these definitions can be challe...
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Research

Safety and effectiveness outcomes from a 14-country cohort of patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis treated concomitantly with bedaquiline, delamanid and other second-line drugs

Huerga H, Khan UT, Bastard M, Mitnick CD, Lachenal N,  et al.
2022-10-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2022-10-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Concomitant use of bedaquiline (Bdq) and delamanid (Dlm) for multi-drug/rifampicin resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) has raised concerns about a potentially poor risk-ben...
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Research

Safety of treatment regimens containing bedaquiline and delamanid in the endTB cohort

Hewison CCH, Khan UT, Bastard M, Lachenal N, Coutisson S,  et al.
2022-09-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2022-09-15 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
RATIONALE
Safety of treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB) can be an obstacle to treatment completion.

OBJECTIVES
Evaluate safety of longer MDR/RR-TB...
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Short Report

Culture conversion at six months in patients receiving delamanid-containing regimens for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

Seung KJ, Khan PY, Franke MF, Ahmed SM, Aiylchiev S,  et al.
2019-11-02 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2019-11-02 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
Delamanid should be effective against highly resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but uptake has been slow globally. In the endTB (expand new drug markets for TB) Observation...
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Research

High quit rate among smokers with tuberculosis in a modified smoking cessation programme in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Siddiquea BN, Islam MS, Bam TS, Satyanarayana S, Enarson D,  et al.
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
2013-09-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING
BRAC, a non-governmental organisation, implemented a modified smoking cessation programme for tuberculosis (TB) patients based on International Union Against Tuberculosis and...
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Commentary

Introducing new and repurposed TB drugs: the endTB experience

Seung KJ, Khan UT, Varaine FFV, Ahmed SM, Bastard M,  et al.
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
In 2015, the initiative Expand New Drug Markets for TB (endTB) began, with the objective of reducing barriers to access to the new and repurposed TB drugs. Here we describe the major imp...
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Research

Culture conversion in patients treated with bedaquiline and/or delamanid: A prospective multi-country study

Franke MF, Khan PY, Hewison CCH, Khan UT, Huerga H,  et al.
2020-07-24 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2020-07-24 • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
BACKGROUND
Bedaquiline and delamanid offer the possibility of more effective and less toxic multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) treatment. With this treatment, however, some pa...
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Abstract

Pregnancy outcomes in patients undergoing drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in two closely monitored cohorts

Lachenal N, Hewison CCH, Berry C, Mitnick CD, Ahmed SM,  et al.
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
INTRODUCTION
Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) carries significant morbidity and mortality risk. Care of DR-TB in pregnancy is even more challenging. A recent meta-analysis examini...
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Pregnancy outcomes in patients undergoing drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in two closely monitored cohorts

Lachenal N, Hewison CCH, Berry C, Mitnick CD, Ahmed SM,  et al.
2022-06-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-06-10 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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Research

Setting up pharmacovigilance based on available endTB project data for bedaquiline

Lachenal N, Hewison CCH, Mitnick CD, Lomtadze N, Coutisson S,  et al.
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
2020-10-01 • International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
SETTING
Active pharmacovigilance (PV) is recommended for TB programmes, notably for multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) patients treated with new drugs. Launched with the support of UNIT...
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Slide Presentation

Pregnancy outcomes in patients undergoing drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in two closely monitored cohorts

Lachenal N, Hewison CCH, Berry C, Mitnick CD, Ahmed SM,  et al.
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
2022-05-11 • MSF Scientific Days International 2022
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Research

All-oral longer regimens are effective for the management of multidrug resistant tuberculosis in high burden settings

Khan PY, Franke MF, Hewison CCH, Seung KJ, Huerga H,  et al.
2021-06-17 • European Respiratory Journal
2021-06-17 • European Respiratory Journal
BACKGROUND
Recent World Health Organisation guidance on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment de-prioritised injectable agents, in use for decades, and endorsed all-oral longer regim...